Erik Hitters
Biographic Data
| ID | 379772 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Erik Hitters |
| GIVEN NAMES | Erik |
| FAMILY NAME | Hitters |
| SIGNATURE | HITTERS E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Erasmus University Rotterdam |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9712-7440 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 56 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 23 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Licensed to Rock (or so they say). How Popular Music Programmes at Higher Music Education Institutions Create Professional Musicians
Due to technological innovations, the music industries have become more accessible for outsiders over the past two decades. Yet, over the same period we have seen an increasing number of popular music programmes at higher music education institutions (HPME programmes). Drawing from interviews with teachers, focus groups with students and a content analysis of policy documents at three Dutch HPME programmes, we investigate whether and in which way…
Dancing on a tightrope
In this study, we argue that organizers of live music have increasingly been confronted with uncertainty and risk in the pre-pandemic era and that the pandemic has clearly put them under further pressure. At the same time, live music venues and festivals have proven to be largely resilient to the extreme crisis of an ongoing industry lockdown. Also, the sector’s culture of carefully cultivated forms of active (emotive, interrelational) trust to c…
Constructing the Live Experience at Pop Music Concerts
The aim of this study is to better understand the individual construction of the experience of liveness at pop music concerts and to add knowledge to the field of measuring audience experience in performing arts. The study is based on a mixed-methods methodology, designed to overcome the common difficulties related to researching visitor experiences of live music, and consists of a three-phase interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA), made …
Live music and the New Urban Agenda
This conceptual study explores the relationship between live popular music and the sustainability goals of the New Urban Agenda, which is the United Nation's vision on a sustainable future in the context of growing urbanisation. In connection to the Sustainable Development Goals, the agenda reflects a broad approach to sustainability. It addresses environmental, social, economic and spatial issues. We consider the opportunities and complexities o…
The working life of musicians
This paper explores the working life of early-career musicians after technological innovations transformed the music industry. Based on in-depth interviews, a diary questionnaire study and post-questionnaire interviews with 17 early-career pop musicians aiming to build a career with their act in the Dutch industry, we investigate what day-to-day activities they perform and how they value these work activities. The analysis reveals that musicians …
Milestones in music
This study addresses the role of reputation in the career building strategy of early-career musicians in a transforming music industry. Drawing from interviews with 21 musicians, we find that musicians continue to believe that building their reputations within the established music industry is important for career success, despite technological changes that could lead them to focus instead on alternative career strategies. Our analysis proceeds i…
Valuing value in urban live music ecologies
This paper seeks to understand the role of valuing in urban live music ecologies. It explains how multiple actors (e.g. directors of music venues, musicians, policy-makers, and real estate experts) in Dutch live music ecologies negotiate the different values of live music. To examine this dynamic, we use insights from literature on innovation ecosystems from the field of business, as well as research on live music ecologies from popular music stu…
Character trait, context or… create! Innovative practices among creative entrepreneurs
The creative industries are often considered an important engine of innovation; in the creative sectors, but more importantly, also in the general economy. Yet, contrary to most of the knowledge industries, the creative industries are not thought to pursue innovation as a purposeful effort. This raises the question, that if innovation tends to happen unintentionally, which factors contribute to its nascence? Building upon a qualitative analysis o…
The impact of festivalization on the Dutch live music action field
In the global pop music industries, revenue models have shifted from physical record sales to streaming services and live performances. At the same time, the supply of live music performances has changed as a result of festivalization. This study aims to understand the effects of festivalization on the strategic action field (SAF) of the Dutch live music ecology. This paper is grounded in a qualitative thematic analysis based on in-depth intervie…
Visiting pop concerts and festivals
To better understand the growing popularity of live music, this study analyses consumers’ motivations for live music attendance. In addition to existing literature, a generic approach to audience motivations contributes to our knowledge of the growing live music industry, where venues and festivals vie for the same artists and audience. Based on a survey among visitors of live music events (n = 1131), a principal component analysis was conducted …
Theorizing the production and consumption of live music
It has become a commonplace to observe that the economic and cultural significance of live music has increased, while the sales of recorded music have declined. With a sense of relief people observe that the physical experience of live music attendance remains vital under conditions of rapid digitalization. This observation runs the risk of neglecting the actual challenges faced by the live music sector. In fact, live music organizations are also…
Cultivating fertile learning grounds
The spatial value of live music
This paper examines the spatial value of live popular music by adopting an inter-disciplinary approach grounded in urban and music studies. What is understood of the relationship between live music and the built environment is improved, with a focus on how this cultural form contributes to performing, (re)developing and narrating urban spaces. The post-industrial city has become a stage for events that serve a wide range of social, cultural, econ…
Close to the ‘local cool’
Creative workers have a tendency to co-locate in creative places, and their locational decision-making processes have been the topic of numerous studies. Yet, the vast majority of research has traditionally focused on the quintessential creative cities and metropolises. Much less is known about locational decision-making practices of creative workers in the ‘ordinary’ second and third tier cities. This paper aims to explore the mechanisms behind …
The social and cultural values of live music
This paper presents an overview of the social and cultural values attributed to live music ecologies in urban environments. It is grounded in a qualitative content analysis of live music reports and strategies from Australia, the United States, South Africa, Canada, Ireland, the United Kingdom, Scotland and the Netherlands. Contributing to the emerging scholarly literature on urban live music ecologies, this study enhances the understanding of th…
Passion Inspires
This study focused on the context in which entrepreneurship in the cultural and creative industries (CCI) takes place. We investigated entrepreneurs’ inspiration, which refers to a specific type of motivation that allows the transformation of creative ideas into creative products. To explain this, we operationalised ‘passion for work’, which measures how passionately engaged entrepreneurs are with their work, as well as ‘localised passion’, which…
I Wanna Be Your Punk
The Business of DIY. Characteristics, motives and ideologies of micro-independent record labels
markdownabstract_This paper examines micro-independent record companies, mostly set up by musicians \naccording to the Do It Yourself (DIY) principle. They serve as distribution \nchannels for counter-mainstream, often local, music. This paper discusses \nthe characteristics of micro-(DIY) independents in the Netherlands and their \nrationale and motives in the context of persisting uncertainties in the music \nmarket. Earlier research (Hesmondha…
Innovation is a dirty word’
Innovation is a term that is used and defined in many different ways. This holds for innovation in general, but particularly for innovation in the creative industries. In cultural policy and in academic literature, the creative industries are often addressed in the relation to their innovative capacities, yet a shared conceptualisation of innovation in this sector is lacking. This paper seeks to develop a conceptualisation of innovation in the cr…
Tune in, fade out
Creative industries as milieux of innovation
The social and political construction of a European cultural capital
(2000). The social and political construction of a European cultural capital: Rotterdam 2001. International Journal of Cultural Policy: Vol. 6, No. 2, pp. 183-199
Conference review
CULTURAL POLICY AND THE POLITICS OF CULTURE, Forum organised by the Remarque Institute, held at White Oak Conference Center, Florida November 19–22, 1998
Tune in, fade out
The social and cultural values of live music
This paper presents an overview of the social and cultural values attributed to live music ecologies in urban environments. It is grounded in a qualitative content analysis of live music reports and strategies from Australia, the United States, South Africa, Canada, Ireland, the United Kingdom, Scotland and the Netherlands. Contributing to the emerging scholarly literature on urban live music ecologies, this study enhances the understanding of th…
Cultivating fertile learning grounds
The spatial value of live music
This paper examines the spatial value of live popular music by adopting an inter-disciplinary approach grounded in urban and music studies. What is understood of the relationship between live music and the built environment is improved, with a focus on how this cultural form contributes to performing, (re)developing and narrating urban spaces. The post-industrial city has become a stage for events that serve a wide range of social, cultural, econ…
Milestones in music
This study addresses the role of reputation in the career building strategy of early-career musicians in a transforming music industry. Drawing from interviews with 21 musicians, we find that musicians continue to believe that building their reputations within the established music industry is important for career success, despite technological changes that could lead them to focus instead on alternative career strategies. Our analysis proceeds i…
Visiting pop concerts and festivals
To better understand the growing popularity of live music, this study analyses consumers’ motivations for live music attendance. In addition to existing literature, a generic approach to audience motivations contributes to our knowledge of the growing live music industry, where venues and festivals vie for the same artists and audience. Based on a survey among visitors of live music events (n = 1131), a principal component analysis was conducted …
The Business of DIY. Characteristics, motives and ideologies of micro-independent record labels
markdownabstract_This paper examines micro-independent record companies, mostly set up by musicians \naccording to the Do It Yourself (DIY) principle. They serve as distribution \nchannels for counter-mainstream, often local, music. This paper discusses \nthe characteristics of micro-(DIY) independents in the Netherlands and their \nrationale and motives in the context of persisting uncertainties in the music \nmarket. Earlier research (Hesmondha…
The social and political construction of a European cultural capital
(2000). The social and political construction of a European cultural capital: Rotterdam 2001. International Journal of Cultural Policy: Vol. 6, No. 2, pp. 183-199
Innovation is a dirty word’
Innovation is a term that is used and defined in many different ways. This holds for innovation in general, but particularly for innovation in the creative industries. In cultural policy and in academic literature, the creative industries are often addressed in the relation to their innovative capacities, yet a shared conceptualisation of innovation in this sector is lacking. This paper seeks to develop a conceptualisation of innovation in the cr…
Conference review
CULTURAL POLICY AND THE POLITICS OF CULTURE, Forum organised by the Remarque Institute, held at White Oak Conference Center, Florida November 19–22, 1998
The social and political construction of a European cultural capital
(2000). The social and political construction of a European cultural capital: Rotterdam 2001. International Journal of Cultural Policy: Vol. 6, No. 2, pp. 183-199
Creative industries as milieux of innovation
Tune in, fade out
Innovation is a dirty word’
Innovation is a term that is used and defined in many different ways. This holds for innovation in general, but particularly for innovation in the creative industries. In cultural policy and in academic literature, the creative industries are often addressed in the relation to their innovative capacities, yet a shared conceptualisation of innovation in this sector is lacking. This paper seeks to develop a conceptualisation of innovation in the cr…
I Wanna Be Your Punk
The Business of DIY. Characteristics, motives and ideologies of micro-independent record labels
markdownabstract_This paper examines micro-independent record companies, mostly set up by musicians \naccording to the Do It Yourself (DIY) principle. They serve as distribution \nchannels for counter-mainstream, often local, music. This paper discusses \nthe characteristics of micro-(DIY) independents in the Netherlands and their \nrationale and motives in the context of persisting uncertainties in the music \nmarket. Earlier research (Hesmondha…
Passion Inspires
This study focused on the context in which entrepreneurship in the cultural and creative industries (CCI) takes place. We investigated entrepreneurs’ inspiration, which refers to a specific type of motivation that allows the transformation of creative ideas into creative products. To explain this, we operationalised ‘passion for work’, which measures how passionately engaged entrepreneurs are with their work, as well as ‘localised passion’, which…
Close to the ‘local cool’
Creative workers have a tendency to co-locate in creative places, and their locational decision-making processes have been the topic of numerous studies. Yet, the vast majority of research has traditionally focused on the quintessential creative cities and metropolises. Much less is known about locational decision-making practices of creative workers in the ‘ordinary’ second and third tier cities. This paper aims to explore the mechanisms behind …
The social and cultural values of live music
This paper presents an overview of the social and cultural values attributed to live music ecologies in urban environments. It is grounded in a qualitative content analysis of live music reports and strategies from Australia, the United States, South Africa, Canada, Ireland, the United Kingdom, Scotland and the Netherlands. Contributing to the emerging scholarly literature on urban live music ecologies, this study enhances the understanding of th…
Theorizing the production and consumption of live music
It has become a commonplace to observe that the economic and cultural significance of live music has increased, while the sales of recorded music have declined. With a sense of relief people observe that the physical experience of live music attendance remains vital under conditions of rapid digitalization. This observation runs the risk of neglecting the actual challenges faced by the live music sector. In fact, live music organizations are also…
Cultivating fertile learning grounds
The spatial value of live music
This paper examines the spatial value of live popular music by adopting an inter-disciplinary approach grounded in urban and music studies. What is understood of the relationship between live music and the built environment is improved, with a focus on how this cultural form contributes to performing, (re)developing and narrating urban spaces. The post-industrial city has become a stage for events that serve a wide range of social, cultural, econ…
Character trait, context or… create! Innovative practices among creative entrepreneurs
The creative industries are often considered an important engine of innovation; in the creative sectors, but more importantly, also in the general economy. Yet, contrary to most of the knowledge industries, the creative industries are not thought to pursue innovation as a purposeful effort. This raises the question, that if innovation tends to happen unintentionally, which factors contribute to its nascence? Building upon a qualitative analysis o…
The impact of festivalization on the Dutch live music action field
In the global pop music industries, revenue models have shifted from physical record sales to streaming services and live performances. At the same time, the supply of live music performances has changed as a result of festivalization. This study aims to understand the effects of festivalization on the strategic action field (SAF) of the Dutch live music ecology. This paper is grounded in a qualitative thematic analysis based on in-depth intervie…
Visiting pop concerts and festivals
To better understand the growing popularity of live music, this study analyses consumers’ motivations for live music attendance. In addition to existing literature, a generic approach to audience motivations contributes to our knowledge of the growing live music industry, where venues and festivals vie for the same artists and audience. Based on a survey among visitors of live music events (n = 1131), a principal component analysis was conducted …
The working life of musicians
This paper explores the working life of early-career musicians after technological innovations transformed the music industry. Based on in-depth interviews, a diary questionnaire study and post-questionnaire interviews with 17 early-career pop musicians aiming to build a career with their act in the Dutch industry, we investigate what day-to-day activities they perform and how they value these work activities. The analysis reveals that musicians …
Milestones in music
This study addresses the role of reputation in the career building strategy of early-career musicians in a transforming music industry. Drawing from interviews with 21 musicians, we find that musicians continue to believe that building their reputations within the established music industry is important for career success, despite technological changes that could lead them to focus instead on alternative career strategies. Our analysis proceeds i…
Valuing value in urban live music ecologies
This paper seeks to understand the role of valuing in urban live music ecologies. It explains how multiple actors (e.g. directors of music venues, musicians, policy-makers, and real estate experts) in Dutch live music ecologies negotiate the different values of live music. To examine this dynamic, we use insights from literature on innovation ecosystems from the field of business, as well as research on live music ecologies from popular music stu…
Constructing the Live Experience at Pop Music Concerts
The aim of this study is to better understand the individual construction of the experience of liveness at pop music concerts and to add knowledge to the field of measuring audience experience in performing arts. The study is based on a mixed-methods methodology, designed to overcome the common difficulties related to researching visitor experiences of live music, and consists of a three-phase interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA), made …
Live music and the New Urban Agenda
This conceptual study explores the relationship between live popular music and the sustainability goals of the New Urban Agenda, which is the United Nation's vision on a sustainable future in the context of growing urbanisation. In connection to the Sustainable Development Goals, the agenda reflects a broad approach to sustainability. It addresses environmental, social, economic and spatial issues. We consider the opportunities and complexities o…
Licensed to Rock (or so they say). How Popular Music Programmes at Higher Music Education Institutions Create Professional Musicians
Due to technological innovations, the music industries have become more accessible for outsiders over the past two decades. Yet, over the same period we have seen an increasing number of popular music programmes at higher music education institutions (HPME programmes). Drawing from interviews with teachers, focus groups with students and a content analysis of policy documents at three Dutch HPME programmes, we investigate whether and in which way…
Dancing on a tightrope
In this study, we argue that organizers of live music have increasingly been confronted with uncertainty and risk in the pre-pandemic era and that the pandemic has clearly put them under further pressure. At the same time, live music venues and festivals have proven to be largely resilient to the extreme crisis of an ongoing industry lockdown. Also, the sector’s culture of carefully cultivated forms of active (emotive, interrelational) trust to c…
Cultural Industries and Urban Development (19 works) · Sociology (19 works) · Political science (16 works) · Business (11 works) · Music History and Culture (10 works) · Visual arts (10 works) · Art (9 works) · Computer Science (9 works) · Public relations (9 works) · Psychology (8 works)